How to Detect and Prevent Ransomware

The financial services industry has been plagued with several notable ransomware attacks over the past couple of years, according to Chris Schatz, senior penetration tester for Info@Risk.

Common infection methods include malicious emails and attachments; vulnerable services such as server message block, malicious webpages, and “malvertising;” and corrupt media such as USB drives and CDs, says Schatz.

On the flip side, credit unions can take certain detection and preventative measures to ward off these threats, says Peter Misurek, senior information security engineer for Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis.